The problem with the CAPS score system is thatit favours adding many picks over a small number of picks.

Over a long period of time, the only measure for yourskill is your total return. The total return however isnot tracked anywhere.

If you pick 100 stocks at a time on average rather than 10 and your total return in each case is 1,000% over ten years, your CAPS scorefor the 100 stock pick would be 10 times larger than theperson who had only held an average of 10 stocks at a time.

This should be corrected and the CAPS competition would thenbe superb.

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